Proud Big Sister!

These pictures are so precious to me! Riley Kate absolutely adores Baby Brantley! We are so happy & blessed to have him in our family! Due to the fact that Riley Kate is um, well, a bit of a drama queen at times, we were a little worried about how she would react, but she has done nothing but help & love on her little baby brother!

Fun at Grayton's Bday Party

Grayton had his little birthday swimming party 2 weeks after little brother, Brantley arrived. He was so excited about having his little brother at his birthday party, which was so very sweet! The kids had a great time swimming, and Grayton enjoyed his special day!

Grayton's Birthday Party--The Cake

On each of my kids' birthdays, I make them a special birthday cake. They get to pick out what they want, right down to the flavors of the cake and icing. This year Grayton wanted a spiderman/batman/superman cake with the bottom and top layers to be butter pound cake with my homemade buttercream icing, and he wanted the middle layer to be chocolate--chocolate chip pound cake with cream cheese icing. Whew-well, I did it. He loved it so much and was so proud of it, and that makes me so happy! All the hard work was well worth it!!

Grayton's Super Hero Cake

Making Grayton's Birthday Cake with a 4yr old and 2 week old as helpers!!

You can't find help like this just anywhere-haha!!

Oh no, she didn't! Even Brantley couldn't stand to look at the mess sister made with the red icing!

Grayton's Class Birthday Party

Grayton asked me to make Batman cupcakes for his class. He picked the design, colors, and even the flavors of the cake and icing. It took me a while to finish them, but he was so proud and excited to take them to his class--it was well worth it!!

Splash Park, Aug 21st

The kids had so much fun at the Splash Park!! It was so hot, and that cool water must have felt good! Brantley, Jason, and I hung out in the shade while the kiddos played a little while! We cannot wait to go back and play next summer!

Sweet Riley Kate

Weekend Trip to Memphis

This post is from Grayton's Birthday weekend, August 20th.

Sweet Big Brother loving to hold his Lil' Brother!!

Children's Museum

Grayton and Riley Kate with the "Giant Bug"

With all the excitement with Brantley arriving, we decided to take a special weekend getaway to Memphis-just the 5 of us for Grayton's birthday! We did some fun acitivities for the kiddos, and everyone had a blast!!

We went to the Children's Museum, Splash Park, and ate at some great restaurants, which is always super fun for the us and the kids! Brantley was a super good sport and was happy no matter where we went the whole weekend!